Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> Comments on: A Few Good Scapegoats http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353885 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:33:27 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353885 "Wingnut world doesn’t cut it." Tee hee. The problem is they can't tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they're one in the same so naturally, that's projected onto the real newspapers. It's textbook confirmation bias. “Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.” Tee hee. The problem is they can’t tell the opinion page from the front page and the news sections. In Wingerville they’re one in the same so naturally, that’s projected onto the real newspapers. It’s textbook confirmation bias.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353818 George Boyle Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:49 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353818 Speaking of Lysenkositers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html Speaking of Lysenkositers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/washington/08polar.html

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353816 richard locicero Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:41 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353816 I don't say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton! I don’t say the TIMES is unbiased. Look what they did to Clinton!

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353701 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:15:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353701 Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column - also a U.S. News commentator - was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone's name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring. Speaking of alternate realities, that origin of that Barone quote is, it turns out, an error at U.S. News. A Bonnie Erbe column – also a U.S. News commentator – was mistakenly posted on their website under Barone’s name and picture. Funny. In some ways this is re-assuring.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353678 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353678 Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality. Woody, you need to learn the difference between alternate sources and an alternate reality.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353676 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353676 rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there's no convincing you. rlc, if you are saying that the NY Times is unbiased, then there’s no convincing you.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353666 richard locicero Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22:39 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353666 That's right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this "Scandal" - guess they wanted to hide it! Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX? That’s right Woody. ITS so hard to find stories suggesting Dems might have problems. Why I would have had to peer all over page one of the NYT yesterday to find out that Barack Obama may have made (no make that lost) money on stock that was in a company owned by a supporter. No arrows pointed to this “Scandal” – guess they wanted to hide it!

Do you even bother to read anything but NEWSMAX?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353612 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353612 reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it's more with liberal press than conservative press. reg, conservatives have to rely on alternate sources because news that hurts the Democrats is typically not published or put on page H-12. If there is a problem with credibility, it’s more with liberal press than conservative press.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353538 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:40:30 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353538 "The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration." Conservative columnist Michael Barone “The emerging scandal surrounding the dismissals of eight former U.S. attorneys should signify to American voters the depth, breadth, and permeation of corruption in the Bush administration.”

Conservative columnist Michael Barone

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353332 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353332 Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the "firing" of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed "Whitewater pundits" found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You're standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn't cut it. Incidentally, one of those links mentions nothing about the “firing” of the Reagan/Bush U.S. attorneys and another states that unnamed “Whitewater pundits” found something fishy in the firings because they took place a day BEFORE Vince Foster was strangled by Hillary with her bare hands and then shot in the head or whatever it is that happened to Foster. This Newsmax stuff is just too bizarre. You’re standards for reference are truly absurd. You should think long and hard about the kind of crap you fill your head with and try to pass off on others. Wingnut world doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: reg http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353322 reg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353322 Woody, you amaze me. You've got nothing and you accuse us of "convicting Republicans on rumor". When I said "case" an investigation would do. But there's nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn't, how come all of the prosecutors who's resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ? Woody, you amaze me. You’ve got nothing and you accuse us of “convicting Republicans on rumor”. When I said “case” an investigation would do. But there’s nothing in those links you provided as regards any prosecutor in the cycle of Reagan/Bush era prosecutors being replaced, which as I noted is custom. If it wasn’t, how come all of the prosecutors who’s resignations were pushed by Reno were Reagan/Bush appointees ?

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353259 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353259 Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it's clear that Democrats lie about what they do. Balter, if Republicans say everyone does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it, then it’s clear that Democrats lie about what they do.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353257 Woody Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:36:33 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353257 reg wrote: <i>How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?</i> reg, I'm not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he's the real person. It's your way of denying the truth. I didn't say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren't worth answering, then it doesn't work. You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys. What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison? reg wrote: How about a prosecutor’s name and a case ? Too difficult…or doesn’t exist?

reg, I’m not playing one-hundred questions with you. If I answered those, then you would want me to come back with the birth certificate of the prosecutor to prove that he’s the real person. It’s your way of denying the truth.

I didn’t say that anyone was being prosecuted. I said that they were being investigated and I provided links. If you want more information, look it up yourself. If you are merely trying to win an argument by asking endless questions that aren’t worth answering, then it doesn’t work.

You guys convict Republicans based only on rumor. At least there were legitimate investigations that I mentioned on Clinton friends and business deals before he fired the U.S. Attorneys.

What ever happened to your endless predictions that Karl Rove was going to prison?

]]> By: GM Roper http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-353234 GM Roper Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:58:11 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-353234 Balter: <blockquote>It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.</blockquote> Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney's were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn't work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn't seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don't see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez. Balter:
It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

Michael, I sometimes agree with that statement, and sometimes disagree. I have no idea why these attorney’s were fired other than what is claimed (and counter claimed). I do know that when you work at the pleasure of anyone, this is a possibility for anyone when you take the job. Whats the answer? Career US. Attys? We already have career politicians and that doesn’t work well, and even though politicians work at the pleasure of the population, it doesn’t seem that many get fired very often. Job protection? I just don’t see it. At the same time, there should be a few steps that one should have to take to terminate a US Atty other than because he works at the pleasure of the Prez.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352889 Michael Balter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:12:36 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352889 Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn't be done by anyone, period. Republicans say everybody does it and Democrats say only Republicans do it. Both arguments miss the point and help to perpetuate it. It shouldn’t be done by anyone, period.

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352591 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:30:31 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352591 I've been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the "VA Mess". Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is - see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that "socialized Medicine" is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding "100 gulf and Iraq War vets" to be "Patient Advocates" Thanks a lot jim! I’ve been meaning to mention this but there is so much news that its hard to get to all of it. Marc erred when he called the hospital scandal the “VA Mess”. Its the Military Hospitals and they are different. Actually the scandal there is just how good VA care is – see any number of reports. The problem is this flies in the face of Conservative dogma that “socialized Medicine” is bad for you. Hence they have limited it as much as possible and have over 600,000 vets waiting for care. And just the other day Jim Nicholson, head of the DVA, announce he was adding “100 gulf and Iraq War vets” to be “Patient Advocates”

Thanks a lot jim!

]]> By: richard locicero http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352584 richard locicero Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352584 Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O'Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and "Duke" Cunningham over you-know what. And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor's race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud. Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters! Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration? Pete Domenici has hired a lawyer. Lee Blalack of O’Meleveny and Myers. He represented Bill Frist over SEC charges of insider dealings and “Duke” Cunningham over you-know what.
And it now turns out that the former head of the House Ethics Committee (!) wrote to the AG asking him to fire the Washington state USA because the latter refused to prosecute over the 2004 Governor’s race that the GOP claimed had voter fraud.

Oh, and there seems to be another little matter. Employees at the GSA were told not to let contracts to non-Bush supporters!

Question: Are there any honest people in this Administration?

]]> By: Robert Fiore http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352565 Robert Fiore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:47:32 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352565 The problem for conservatives is they've waved the "Everybody Does It" wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it's just a dirty little stick. Anyway, we've now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: "He's no dirtier than Clinton." Some recommendation. The problem for conservatives is they’ve waved the “Everybody Does It” wand so many times that all the sparkles have fallen off it. Now it’s just a dirty little stick.

Anyway, we’ve now found the very highest level of defense of Bush conservatives can offer: “He’s no dirtier than Clinton.” Some recommendation.

]]> By: George Boyle http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352550 George Boyle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352550 Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration's US Attorney's is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They've tried it with scientists, but it's difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can't just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch. Yeah, conspiracy theories. My statement still stands. Replacing a former administration’s US Attorney’s is SOP. Intimidating your own is a Republican tactic: go along or else. They’ve tried it with scientists, but it’s difficult to oust public employees without good reason. In other words you can’t just make it up. That poses a problem for this bunch.

]]> By: Michael Balter http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/comment-page-1/#comment-352436 Michael Balter Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:03:25 +0000 http://marccooper.com/a-few-good-scapegoats/#comment-352436 Come on, reg, you are asking for facts and Woody doesn't deal in facts, just theories. Come on, reg, you are asking for facts and Woody doesn’t deal in facts, just theories.

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